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I have Vista Home premium and want to add excel, word and powerpoint. What
do I need? Is is an upgrade?

Mary wrote:
> I have Vista Home premium and want to add excel, word and powerpoint. What
> do I need? Is is an upgrade?

Vista Home Premium is an operating system. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
are applications, part of the Micosoft Office suite. If you want those
programs, you need to buy MS Office and install it.


Malke
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MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

You will need to purchase a full version of Microsoft Office available
whereever software and computers are sold. The Teacher and Student Edition
of Office 2007 includes all the Office applications you specified and
retails for $150 with 3 licenses for the home.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Mary" <> wrote in message
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>I have Vista Home premium and want to add excel, word and powerpoint. What
> do I need? Is is an upgrade?

"Mary" <> wrote in message
news:B88CA115-F58F-4744-BE3A-...
>I have Vista Home premium and want to add excel, word and powerpoint. What
> do I need? Is is an upgrade?


You need cash. Then get your booty down to the local office supply /
computer big box store and get yourself a copy of Microsoft Office Home &
Student 2007 which includes full versions of Word 2007, Excel 2007,
Powerpoint 2007and OneNote 2007.

I'd recommend online shopping, but the systems seem so clogged in some areas
what with the snow and the Christmas rush and so on.

Saucy

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You will need to purchase a full version of Microsoft Office available
> whereever software and computers are sold. The Teacher and Student Edition
> of Office 2007 includes all the Office applications you specified and
> retails for $150 with 3 licenses for the home.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Mary" <> wrote in message
> news:B88CA115-F58F-4744-BE3A-...
>>I have Vista Home premium and want to add excel, word and powerpoint.
>>What
>> do I need? Is is an upgrade?
>
>


I think it's called "Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007" now.

Happy Holidays,
Saucy

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:00:02 -0800, Mary
<> wrote:

> I have Vista Home premium and want to add excel, word and powerpoint. What
> do I need? Is is an upgrade?


No, you are mixing apples and oranges here.

You are running an operating system called Vista Home Premium. On that
operating system you can run whatever applications you want that are
compatible with it.

There are many (thousands and thousands) choices of applications you
can run. Some of those are made by Microsoft, some by other companies.

Excel, Word, and PowerPoint are three applications that are made by
Microsoft. They are not part of Windows Vista (or any other operating
system) and are not an upgrade to it. They are completely separate
from the operating system, although they can run *on* Vista.

If you want Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, you can buy them, either
individually, or more economically as part of an application Suite
called Microsoft Office. The latest version of Microsoft Office is
Office 2007, but older versions of Office can also run on Vista. If an
older version meets your needs, you can buy it less expensively than
Office 2007.

Alternatively there are other Office Suites that you might want to
consider, such as the less expensive WordPerfect Office, and the free
downloadable OpenOffice. Each of those has programs that do the same
kinds of things as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, and are largely
compatible with them.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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BEWARE - If you ever plan to use a PDA or smartphone, the MS Office Home &
Student edition DOES NOT include Outlook. And the Mobile Office that runs
on the PDA's etc WILL NOT link with the Vista, only Outlook - ANOTHER RIPOFF
BY MS!!!

Unfortunately I found this out, only after I had purchased and could not
return the Office home & student version.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You will need to purchase a full version of Microsoft Office available
> whereever software and computers are sold. The Teacher and Student Edition
> of Office 2007 includes all the Office applications you specified and
> retails for $150 with 3 licenses for the home.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Mary" <> wrote in message
> news:B88CA115-F58F-4744-BE3A-...
>>I have Vista Home premium and want to add excel, word and powerpoint.
>>What
>> do I need? Is is an upgrade?
>
>

How long have you had it and where did you purchase it?
There is a 45 day return period in North America for retail products.
Other regions may have differing policies.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar


"T&V Seitz" <tvs-> wrote in message
news:...
> BEWARE - If you ever plan to use a PDA or smartphone, the MS Office
> Home & Student edition DOES NOT include Outlook. And the Mobile
> Office that runs on the PDA's etc WILL NOT link with the Vista, only
> Outlook - ANOTHER RIPOFF BY MS!!!
>
> Unfortunately I found this out, only after I had purchased and could
> not return the Office home & student version.

Good point T&V, if the Home & Student Teacher edition does not fit your
needs, then the Standard Edition would be most appropriate, if you already
own an existing version of Office, 97, 2000, XP or 2003, you can upgrade to
2007 versions.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"T&V Seitz" <tvs-> wrote in message
news:...
> BEWARE - If you ever plan to use a PDA or smartphone, the MS Office Home &
> Student edition DOES NOT include Outlook. And the Mobile Office that runs
> on the PDA's etc WILL NOT link with the Vista, only Outlook - ANOTHER
> RIPOFF BY MS!!!
>
> Unfortunately I found this out, only after I had purchased and could not
> return the Office home & student version.
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> You will need to purchase a full version of Microsoft Office available
>> whereever software and computers are sold. The Teacher and Student
>> Edition of Office 2007 includes all the Office applications you specified
>> and retails for $150 with 3 licenses for the home.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Mary" <> wrote in message
>> news:B88CA115-F58F-4744-BE3A-...
>>>I have Vista Home premium and want to add excel, word and powerpoint.
>>>What
>>> do I need? Is is an upgrade?
>>
>>
>

"T&V Seitz" wrote:
> BEWARE - If you ever plan to use a PDA or smartphone, the MS Office Home &
> Student edition DOES NOT include Outlook. And the Mobile Office that runs
> on the PDA's etc WILL NOT link with the Vista, only Outlook - ANOTHER RIPOFF
> BY MS!!!

The OP only mentioned Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. However this is a very
good point. Outlook is not included in the new Home & Student verion of
Office 2007. It was part of the "Academic" Student & Teacher's version of
Office 2003.

Outlook 2007 is available as a stand-alone product, and is commonly found
for well under $100 retail, so if someone finds they need to add it later, it
can be done for a good deal less than Office 2007 Pro, which includes Outlook
as well as many other goodies.

I wouldn't call it a "Rip-off", but I find the omission of Outlook 2007 in
the new Student & Home edition to be unfortunate. Outlook is a large part of
the value for Microsoft Office users.

If you are a student, you can take advantage of Microsoft's "Ultimate Steal"
promotion and get your hands on the Ultimate Edition of Office 2007 for less
than the Student & Home version, but it only installs on one PC.